<center>2006.10.10</center>
<a name="godsoven"><h3>god's oven (what's he cookin'?)</h3></a>
<p>화요일 아침: lately, i have <i>not</i> been keeping a well updated journal. i guess journalling/blogging has really sunk in my list'f priorities, n' perhaps rightfully so. i think i just don't have time 4 dwelling on my own emotions n' whining, eh? i don't want to host a whine blog. i don't have time 4 that. lately, what i mostly blog 'bout is skateboarding. <font face="comic sans ms" color=#000099"><i>the beno journal</i> turned into a h@rc0re skateboard blog so gradually, i didn't even notice.</font> that's a twist on marge simpson's famous quote: <font face="times" color="black">«fox turned into a h@rdc0re s3x channel so gradually, i didn't even notice.»</font> well, i hiope u like skateboarding. however, i'm pretty sure most'f my readers <i>don't</i>. i mean, i'm sure that most'f u don't <i>hate</i> skateboarding, altho' <i>some</i> might find punk skateboarding kids to be annoying or disruptive. me, i like skateboarding. @ the end'f the 2006 yr, when i rank all the events'f the past 12 months (in <i>my</i> life), my return to skateboarding'll <i>definitely</i> rank up hi, 2wards the top along w/ my return to teaching taekwondo n' my taking on leadership roles @ church. wow, no big vakations this yr. the biggest vakation was the las vegas trip. the napa trip was the next biggest, i s'ppose. wow, they were both 4 weddings. oh wait! what the heck! didn't we go to washington, d.c. this yr? ha ha. well, heck! <i>there's</i> a somewhat "big" vakation. *sigh* sure it hardly stacks up 'gainst all those other couples' trips to rome n' venice, etc. *sigh* however, u <i>know</i> how much i <i>hate</i> playin' keepin' up w/ the lees, changs, n' parks!
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<p>on sun nite, the beautiful <a href="http://www.friendster.com/203953" target="new">kaela hwang</a> n' i broiled some salmon in the oven n' ate it w/ some butternut squash ravioli w/ a marinara.based sauce w/ trumpet shrooms. btw, 4 dinner on sat, we ate @ yiasoo (<i>never</i> buy the stoopid gyros salad; it's a rip.off!); n' on fri, we ate @ the mexicali grill. neway, cos i heated up the oven so hot, some part on the latch must've expanded cos i couldn't get the oven to open. i tried to 4ce it w/ no luck n' didn't wanna break it; so i decided to let it cool off. as we sat down on our dishevelled couch to eat off our cluttered coffee table, i experienced a feeling'f great discouragement: "r we just <i>that</i> trashy?!" when i look 'round me, @ my other married friends, i c such nice, tidy homes w/ nice furnishings; marble n' granite countertops; clean, new hardwood floors; beautiful décor; shiny, new, stainless steel kitchen appliances... us, we look, @ best, like hippies! not even artistik beatniks; but lazy, dirty <i>hippies</i>! *sigh* then, rt b4 we ate, i prayed 4 our dinner n' prayed 4 god to open our oven. a li'l later, i went to try out the oven, n' it opened. sure, it's just scientifik fakt that metals expand n' contrakt w/ temperature. i'm a frickin' engr; <i>i</i> know that. however... the timing n' drama'f it all... it's purely a god thing.
<p>[later] i don't wanna talk 'bout politiks, but u <i>know</i> i'm <i>sooo</i> not a fan'f dubya. i'm not. however, lately, in taking leadership positions; i sometimes feel like i get a glimpse'f some things that he must experience, like having to be diplomatik, having to listen to opposing sides'f an argument n' taking a stance that's firm enuf but not 2 firm, etc. leadership... *sigh*
<p>a month or so 'go, i saw that <a href="http://www.metroactive.com/metro/09.13.06/index.html" target="new"><i>the silikon valley metro</i></a> had a cover story on <a href="http://www.metroactive.com/metro/09.13.06/blogher-0637.html" target="new">mommy blogs v. feminist blogs</a>. wow, what a great topik! whereas a few yrs 'go, we noticed a growing chasm btwn "conservatives" n' "liberals" or republikans n' demokrats; maybe we're <i>now</i> cing a growing gap btwn parents n' nonparents in our generation (xy). wow, the way my blog cms to be turnin' into a skateboard blog sure provides a stark, stark, <i>stark</i> contrast from all my friends' daddy blogs, eh? well, i dunno if i mentioned this; but over the past few months, i feel like i've cn a significant drop in blog / online journal aktivity 'mongst my friends. is it that blogging's goin' out'f style? most likely no. *shrug* maybe it's just that ppl in my generation r getting 2 bizzy to blog. i know <i>i</i> have... i've been gettin' 2 bizzy to blog. perhaps videoblogs on youtube'll soon replace conventional, <i>text</i> blogs. *shrug* usually, (i think) videobloggers end up sort'f lookin' a bit <i>vain</i> tho', eh? audioblogs, videoblogs... r these gonna take off? podcast blogs... yah, <a href="http://www.google.co.kr" target="new"><font color="blue">g</font><font color="red">o</font><font color="yellow">o</font><font color="blue">g</font><font color="green">l</font><font color="red">e</font></a> bought youtube yesterday. it's <i>amazing</i> that all these rich guys r 'round my age. *sigh* me? i sure has heck don't have that kind'f $$$ or that kind'f fame... but whate'er!
<p>i discovered a few mins 'go that i didn't post up my 2006년10월03일 entry. nuts. i'll hafta 'member to go back n' enter that entry. *sigh* i hope i don't 4get. i hate the idea'f losing entries.
<p>[later] oh, i have sumpthin' that i haven't yet mentioned: part'f the pastoral staff'f <font color="#ff9900"><a href="http://www.grx.org" target="new">grx</a></font>'s fasting (refraining from eating) 4 40 days. if u 'member, this has happened in the past. just as has happened in the past, the pastors has asked the <font color="#ff9900"><a href="http://www.grx.org" target="new">grx</a></font> church body to join them in 1 way or 'nother if ne1's called to it. like, some ppl might also fast 4 40 days. otherwise, they've suggested that we consider some other form'f fasting. like, some ppl might "fast" from the internet or tv. some ppl might fast from fud but 4 only 1~3 days. was it last yr when i sort'f fasted 4 3 days while the pastors fasted 4 40? it must've been in 2005년, so yah... that was last yr. i think <i>that</i> fast happened in the spring tho'. neway, <i>this</i> yr, both kaela n' i've committed to fasting from meat ('cept "limited" fish n' seafud) n' sugar (sweets, candies, desserts, etc.) 4 40 days. it's not nearly as extreme or big as a 40 day juice fast, but wow... it <i>is</i> sumpthin', i guess. like, i hafta make a conscious effort not to eat meat or sweets. no meats or sweets... yah, when fasting, we christians usually shouldn't go 'round talkin' bout it 2 much. we're not on a hunger strike, n' we don't do it to get notoriety 4 being holy or sum$#!+up like that. i, personally, really dislike how some other religions really encourage ppl to do things like suffer/abnegate n' then say things that make other ppl feel guilty. christianity ain't 'bout that. i mean, i can't guarantee that all christians refrain from doin' that... but i certainly believe it's not rt 4 christians to do that. neway, yah.... christians fast. tis' not just buddhists n' muslims that fast. well, yah... kaela n' i r doing this meats n' sweets fast... n' well, i won't talk 'bout it much from here on. it's not 'bout staging a hunger strike. rather, it's 'bout trying to provide a clearer channel'f communikation w/ god above.
<p>there's this christian event that's gonna happen in san josé this wknd called "harvest." duk was passing out flyers 4 the sat nite event/concert @ church a couple'f wks 'go along w/ his college ministry grp. here's a link to the event: <a href="http://www.harvest.org/crusades/2006/sanjose/" target="new">http://www.harvest.org/crusades/2006/sanjose/</a>. man, it sounds like fun; n' i wish i could go to all diff parts'f the event. man, all these kewl musik grps! *sigh* i really wish i had the time! why does life cm so hektic nowadays?! lemme tell u 'bout the musicians that'll be there:<br>
- 금 (fri), 10월13일 (저녁 700p): harvest crusade band, salvador, newsboys<br>
- 토 (sat), 10월14일 spanish matinée (오후 1200p): salvador, ericson alexander molano<br>
- 토 (sat), 10월14일 amplify (저녁 700p): kutless, seventh day slumber, jeremy camp<br>
- 일 (sun), 10월15일 (저녁 600p): harvest crusade band, crystal lewis, todd agnew, chris rice<br>
dude, i'd be so into cing the "amplify" concert, i.e. kutless, seventh day slumber, n' jeremy camp. i like those <i>rock</i> bands, but i also like the softer sounds'f crystal lewis n' todd agnew; n' i wish i could check out the spanish artists 2! however... *sigh* i'm worried that i won't have the time to attend <i>ne</i>'f the concerts. <tt>:-(</tt> on sat, i've gotta take my taekwondo students ('least 3'f the adult beginners as well as a bunch'f adolescents) to the silikon valley open taekwondo tournament in downtown san josé.
<p>[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 직장에서: last nite, after coming home from my church.related dinner mtg @ <a href="http://www.google.co.kr" target="new"><font color="blue">g</font><font color="red">o</font><font color="yellow">o</font><font color="blue">g</font><font color="green">l</font><font color="red">e</font></a>
; i took sooni out 4 a late nite walk. we used to do that more, back when kaela n' i 1st got her n' i gave her like 2~3 walks a day in hopes'f tiring her out so that she wouldn't jump the fence n' run off. she's a much better doggy now, sans doute. i took sooni 4 a walk this morn b4 heading out to the sunnyvale skate park.<br><br><br>